PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978050143 — FUEL OIL — WATERLOO, NY

Current as of 1978-04-24 Government source

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Incident I-1978050143PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978050143. Incident date: 1978-04-24. Location: WATERLOO, NY. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: MATLACK INC. Shipper: HESS OIL & CHEMICAL CO. Materials: NA1993; FUEL OIL; hazard class 2.0; 200 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device. Reported result: Spillage. Reporter-submitted DOT Form 5800.1 data may be incomplete, corrected, supplemented, or misreported. A record, serious-incident classification, failure description, or relationship to a reporting rule is not a PHMSA causal finding, compliance determination, or finding of a violation.#

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